diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0d7a793..728572b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.github.samtools</groupId>
 			<artifactId>htsjdk</artifactId>
-			<version>2.24.1</version>
+			<version>3.0.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>